If a person never read it, then he/she is automatically doomed to eternity of torture in the sectarian version of hell. I will quote a verse below.
"O you who believe, believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book which He has revealed to his Messenger and the Book which He revealed before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah and His angels and His Books and His messengers and the Last Day, he indeed strays far away."(4:136)So as expected, this makes no sense whatsoever. If you don't hear about Allah's books and messengers and figure out that there is a "judgement day", it's game over. You are doomed and lost for eternity.
Sectarian logic:
"If you didn't live in or around the Middle East and hear about a God with body parts who sits on a throne called Allah and his messenger Muhammad and the Quran, you're lost and going to hell"Good observation. It does not make much sense unless the god is emotionally inclined in such a manner it wishes to bring on a lowly retribution. It is obvious that the god in this analogy has human primitive traits.
First of all, it is redundant to keep people in torture forever and it shows quite some hatred. That is hate which marks people who find identity with a specific kind. And if Rabb would judge everyone for their mistakes then every single one would be in that Hell and no one would get out. Summary is that Rabb has quite some mercy as if it was for our stupidity then incredibly few would make it if even anyone. That is why Rabb is so kind as to give us multiple tries although with each try the probability of success will decrease as we turn more and more deluded. In this era quite some people have deluded themselves and those deluded people delude even more people. And it does not really matter whether they are theists or atheists as that it not utterly the point. However, an atheist has a slightly trickier seat as they acknowledge this World and none other than what they can see. This way these people delude themselves. The question is what kind of delusion is the worst, the sectarian or the completely rejecting one. Usually the rejecting one is at least often using the abstract part of the brain function at their disposal, logic, et cetera. Sometimes you cannot blame them for rejecting because the deluded sectarians have made such a bad impression through their pathetic portrayals of religion. The hedonistic deity does not go well with intelligent and thinking people, but the World is still deluding them enough not to realize about any higher level of consciousness.
So there are lemmings from each camp; leading other lemmings off the cliff down in the ocean of misleading currents.
You can analyze the behavior of Rabb, logically. Why would Rabb create something like us? Would Rabb create something that has no use? What is the ideal outcome of this creation?
The most logical thought is, the Rabb seeks to create independently functioning beings, expand its own consciousness through that union, and probably gain diversity as that can be idealistic. Rabb is our Origin and Originator, which can also be called Father appropriately which is a sin in Islam for some reason. Even the word 'Abbu' morphologically means 'Originator' (Who Gave, basically). The closely related 'Rabb' word means 'Develop', i.e. Rabb means Developer which could be similar to Creator although Developer means more than Creator. Rabb is also ultimately descriptive for the role of Rabb as "He/She/It planted some seeds" (allegorical), and they are supposed to develop in His/Her/Its image while being exposed to a traitorous environment. That is quite the "testing ground". Our Bodies including the World around us actually acts as a contradiction against us, and we have a more "divine" origin beings "seeds of the Rabb". That is what makes us relatively advanced when we do not give in to the Bodily part of our imposed delusion. The problem is not to succumb to that Bodily part with its Satan (instinct) which has the power to place you in a recurring situation in this World as you are rendered a "lifeless person". Everyone who is not fully alive stays within this delusion. The one who comes alive gets out. It is a matter of Being (Allah). There is a parable in the saying by Jesus: "I am in the Father and the Father in me". Rabb develops the people who seek the (Other)World besides this World as you consist of two parts; the Body and the Spirit, and your Spirit is not of this World while the Body is your imposed delusive and corrupting contradiction. The remedy is avoiding giving in to whenever the Body would give you primitive impulses (Shaitayiin) and for the determined one it would be rather simple, it only takes a matter of faith that this method is true and it is what you really got to do. Quran says in the non-sectarian interpretation (my project) that "you have to cut off from its instinctive drive", i.e. Satan.
Feeling sorry for dieing or being overly concerned about such matters is a sign of being weak for Satan. Jesus rebuked his disciples for such things. Dieing in the right state of mind is rather a blessing. It might be cruel to hear, but it is not even necessary crying for someone who has already died and does not suffer. And an already dead person cannot die twice so an already lifeless person does not really die, if you understand the parable, but they are reborn dead once again. The one who comes alive does stay alive even through the apparently physical death and exists in the "Ether" or Origin, "Al-Asema" الاسما in Arabic. The lexical example of "a door besides a bigger one" is a good analog from ancient Arabic lexicons. The reason why is is referring to Heaven or the sky above you is because it sort of literally means "a void", it has no directly apparent substance. This lead to the Pagan misconception of a god in the above and that we were "sent down" as they added 1 + 1 without any flexibility as the word means "empty space", i.e. what you see when you look above yourself outside your little home.
You cannot look anywhere at all in this physical World to predict the direction of any coming of Rabb because Rabb comes from within you if Rabb wishes. That anything has any space is just an illusion but you can find everything at the same location. To find Rabb you must look within your own consciousness (if you have one developed).
The usual explanation of just creating existence in order to be worshiped does not add up. Because of boredom does not add up. Because of excitation does not add up, Rabb does not have such emotional needs. What could it be then? What can a Oneness wish? I would say that the Oneness wishes to grow its expanse.
Will He/Her/It benefit from punishing failures for eternity? No; it will not lead to anything productive as the people are just kept like a run-time process that is redundant, and if it was a system it would take up resources. What is the most logical solution?. Will there be any benefit from giving people multiple chances? Yes; it will given the criteria and difficulty of the projected test and by receiving a variety of life situations to find the way out from.
I have not yet come to the passage you supplied, 4:136, during my project, but I will eventually get there. I can however tell you it speaks of something else for sure. Just for you I can make a brief analysis:
4:136 "O who realize*. Get realized* to be like 'Who Is' (paraphrased: Who Exists) and
instructor and knowledgeable. This one is shown upon instruction and knowledge. This one shows of that heading and (
the ones who) cover this 'Being' (Allah) and management and knowledge and instruction and the process of transition will embark (on) the journey of journeys with measure/consideration".
* It can also be said: "Make real". Make it possible. Make it so. Amen is a Min من with attached grammatical function alef ا and can be seen as "make/do" in conjunction with the word used, i.e. do + from + parameter given in context, e.g. here it is in 'Who Is' (Allah). With an alef in front it is singular or unspecified while it if had been ي Ye it had been plural.
Green: The Arabic changes from singular to plural with one single change of prefix by saying: "from [Plural Pronoun Prefix] cover" [Verb form]". It cannot be translated literally but needs to be paraphrased. It is really nice Arabic can convey so much information in one single letter. Arabic is a minimalistic language yet fully logical, but due to the features it cannot be literally translated. If I made an official translation I would not keep anything within parenthesis but make the necessary adaptation into English.
Read: Rasuuleh is not entirely easy to translate but in Arabic is means something like "object of imitation", e.g. a beacon or someone who memorizes something and then repeats it constantly. Instructor is slightly inaccurate, but I could not find a feasible enough translation to replace "instructor".
If you compare my translation with the standard sectarian one you can see a vast difference. It is not because mine is false but because I am translating it using its real definitions and grammar usage. When a translator and interpreter does not even know what "amen" means then it is obviously hard to give a proper translation.
I do not try to be arrogant, but in fact the sectarian understanding of Quran is virtually useless as guidance. Rarely is any section of it properly translated.
I consider that the pedagogy that Rabb proposes here is very good actually as long as the reader can understand. If you know that a problem for you is to really exist at all you might contemplate. Am I a slumberer or not, one may reflect. It also says "be LIKE 'Who Is", so it is not really difficult to understand that you have to be an "Amenu ' y ' iil", i.e. you try to realize yourself to be in the image of Rabb, who exists for sure. If it is too difficult to take in, then only think you have to imitate Rabb, basically. Can you be Rabb if you follow the desire of the Beast/Body? No, you cannot. It will entice you to act like a lowly animal, a primate. It will NOT do the most logical thing to do but will be controlled by emotions and most importantly its own "survival of the fittest". Use your Body like a tool here rather than the Body using your Spirit as a tool (which has created things like the atomic bomb).
You are absolutely right. Anyone having sufficiently ambitious goals and good determination can become a prophet by its Arabic definition "nabi" which means insightful. You are not randomly chosen to be a prophet but you are a prophet because you have made yourself into one. Actually anyone who gains a little deeper insight is a prophet while it takes training to be an instructor (Rasuul) as you are an object of imitation and then you have to realize what you have learned as well. Knowing things does not count when you cannot prove it through your deeds. 4:136 is quite explicit about that as I showed you above too. It also teaches that anyone can become a Rasuul and also have knowledge (al-ketab). And a person who has knowledge is obviously insightful (nabi).
Yes, I dealt with your question in the previous posts. The most logical would be either to simply delete them (declare them redundant) or send them back with the probability they will change eventually, which is the most merciful way of dealing with the situation and that the mission is to seek to grow developed souls and if Rabb judged everyone immediately the harvest would not be really that good. Give them experiences.
In nature there are some parables and the parable of growing fruit on trees is one example. Every time they grow into ripeness they have to be picked up and eaten, but if they are not they fall down back on the ground. Rabb will not pick any sour or undeveloped fruit but only the best cultivated ones. Rabb wishes to reap what has been sown, and the management of that you stand for with your Spirit as you are the gardener. Only the one who did not have all the roots in this World will somehow retain their memory of who they are as this World's soil is corrupting and all its thistles will make a weak plant drown so much that it will not carry edible fruits and its fruits will not be eaten and spread.
Another parable on what is going on here. In that parable the eaten fruit symbolizes the expanding consciousness of yours. If you do not produce edible fruit, none of them will be eaten and their seeds will not be elsewhere as no one will bother to use such worthless origin.
Be safe
Amenuel